Doug Henwood: Nationalize the Banks!

Doug Henwood sprach zum Thema ”Nationalize the Banks! What Does it Really Mean?,” auf einem Podium des Socialist Register auf dem Left Forum, New York City, am 19. April 2009:

„The title of our session reminds me of that glorious week in Seattle back in December 1999. At that time, and for a little while afterwards, it seemed like a new movement had been born, and there was some real potential for transforming, or even overthrowing, capitalism. One of my favorite chants of that moment of carnival came from the unfairly maligned Black Bloc: „Capitalism? No thanks! We will burn your fucking banks!“ Not constructive, perhaps, but inspiring nonetheless.“

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